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. COMBINED CIGAR PERFORATOR AND CUTTER.

No. 262,675. Patented Aug. 1, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Qrrrcn.

FREDRICK JACOB, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED CIGAR PERFORATOR AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,675, dated August15, 1882. Application filed March 17, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern r Beit known that I, FREDRIOK J A0013, acitizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essexand State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Gigar-Puncturers and Tuck-Gutters and I do hereby declarethe followin gto be afull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

The primary object of this invention is to facilitate the operation ofpiercing or puncturing the end of a cigar which is taken into the mouth,and overcome certain objections to the method heretofore practiced andit consists in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangementof mechanical devices by means of which these results are obtained, aswill be hereinafter set forth, shown, and finally embodied in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 isa perspective view of a cigar cutter and puncturer embodying myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a partial plan view, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 aredetail views.

A, Figs. 1 and 2',represents the bed; B and D, the cutting-knife andhandle, respectively;

O, the shaft which carries the same; a and E, the guide-plate and boX,respectively, in which said shaft is journaled; and F, a spring whichactsautomatically to throw the knife back atter it has cut oh" the endofa cigar, all of which may be constructed in the usual well-knownforms.

In carrying out my invention I construct a thimble or cylinder, it,having a conical socket, h, which is attached to a slotted plate, 0, andthereby to the bed A by means of a setscrew, '1', which passes throughsaid slot 8 into the bed, which, in connection with the thimble, holdsthe cigar while it is being cut and punctured, all as indicated in Figs.1 and 2.

The needles p, by means of which the end of a cigar is punctured, aresecured to a head or disk, f, Figs. 1 and 2, and penetrate the thimblefrom the back through guide-holes h therein,which intersect at the sideswith said socket. Said head f engages with an elbow, 6, formed upon abar, a, by means of a nipple and socket with which said elbow and. headrespectively are provided; or the head and elbow may be rigidlyconnected, if preferred. The bar ais provided with a slot, m, andperforations a, and is connected by means of a set-screw, a, and pin orpintle c with the bed A and an elbow plate or lever, c,which latter ispivoted at d to a standard, I), attached to and projecting from the bedA, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. A spiral spring, 9, encircles theneedles and abuts against the headfand back ofthe thimble h, asindicated in the same figures.

The thimble is rendered adjustable longitudinally with relation to thebed by means of the set-screw r and slot 8 in the plate 0, as will bereadily understood, to accommodate cigars of varyinglengths. So, also,is the bar a,which actuates the needles for the same purpose by means ofthe set-screw n, the slot m, andthe several perforations a in said platea, the latter being also loose in its bearings and subject toabackwardand forwardmovement when in operation for puncturing acigar. A shoulder,as t, should be formed upon the handleD to secure a more even bearingwhen the handle is brought down and the part or parts made to engagewith the lever O.

' The device,when connected with a cigar-cutter, as herein shown, isoperated as follows, to wit: The cigar being laid in the groovein thebed with the end to be cut off under the knife, as usual, and the otherendpressed snugly into the conical socket of the thimble h, the partsbeing relatively adjusted, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the handle of theknife is seized and the latter pressed down in the act ofcutting off theend of the cigar, when just before the act of cutting is completed theshank of the handle or the shoulder t engages with the lever c, which,as the pressure upon the handle is continued, acts upon the bar or roda, and by it the needles,which are thereby forced into the end of thecigar for the distance of three.- quarters of an inch, (more or less,according as the machine may be set,) the downward motion of the handlebeing limited by means ot'a suitable stop, as will be understood. The

pressure upon the handle being removed, the

needles are automatically withdrawn from the cigar by means of thespring 9, as will be readily understood by reference to the drawings.

It may be remarked in this connection that the wrapper of a cigar issaved from injury when it is being punctured by means of the conicalsocket inithe thimble,.whieh for this" purpose is designed to hug snuglyand closely the end of a cigar when the operation is being performed.

It may also be observed that, as herein shown, the needles (the pointsof which may be round or angular) are so arranged as to penetratethecigar in slightly-different directions, I (though thisis notabsolutely essential,) so as to pierce diagonally any hard shreds oftobacco which may be in the cigar, and also to insure themagainstpuncturing'the Wrapper below the point at which they enter thesame,which results are secured by thearrangement of the guide-holes inthe thimble, through which said needles have to pass. A central aperturepasses entirely through the thimble, which aids in centering the cigarand saves the point thereof from injury. In the present instance I havearranged three needles, (two or more may be used,) so as to pierce theend of the cigar at three different points around the center, the latternot being disturbed, but left intact. In this way the draft through thecigar is facilitated and more evenly distributed, rendering it easy tobe smoked, as will be obvious. This process obviates the necessity ofc'uttin g or biting off the end of the cigar, and is therefore much moredesirable.

The twomachinesc'ombined in one aremore especially design d formanufacturers of cigars. Thepnncturing' device may, however, be madeseparately and used in this way by retailers or consumers, in which casethe guide-plate u and knife B may be substituted by a simple guard orhead plate placed at the end ofthe groove on the bed to hold the cigarin position. The needles also may be operated by means of otherequally-simple but equivalent mechanical devices, as will be evident',and as will readily occur to any skilled mechanic. v

Having thus described my inventiomwh'at I claim, and wish to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. A combined cigar-puucturer and tuckcutter composed of the followingelements, to wit: a suitable bed or support, as A, a cutting blade orknife, as B, having a reciprocating motion, a guide-plate, as u, asocketed cylinder or thimble, as It, provided with a central apertureintersecting with said socket to receive the head and point of a cigar,and smaller apertures outside of said central aperture to receive andguide the needles, a needle head or carrier provided with two or morepuncturing-needles whose points enter the said smaller apertures, asdescribed, and means, substantially as herein shown, for operating thesaid cutting and puncturing devices, as and for the purposes set forth.W

2. Thecombination of a suitablebed or support, as A, a socketed cylinderor thimble, as h, provided with two or more apertures passinglongitudinally therethrou'gh and intersectin g with said socket toreceive and guide puncturing-needles, a needle head or carrier providedwith two or more uncturing-needles whose points enter the saidapertures, as described, and a spring arranged and acting in conjunctionwith said needle-head and cylinder, as set forth, whereby a cigarispierced longitudinally and eccentrically, as and for the purposesdescribed. K g 3. In a cigar puncture: and cutter, the combination, witha bed, knife, and handle, of a socketed cylinder or thimble providedwith a central and surrounding apertures passing therethrough andintersectingwith said sockct, as described, needle head or carrierprovided with two or more puncturing-needles whose oints entersaidsurrounding apertures, a bar, as a e, and lever, as 6, operating inconjunction with said handle and needle-head, as described, for thepurpose s'et for'th. V In testimony that I claim the foregoing I havehereunto set my hand this 8th day of March, 1882.

FREDRIOK JACOB.

Witnessesf CHARLES H. PELL, CHAS. T. WINTERS.

